STATE OF NEW JERSEY. ASSEMBLY, No th LEGISLATURE

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1 ASSEMBLY, No. STATE OF NEW JERSEY th LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED OCTOBER, 0 Sponsored by: Assemblyman PARKER SPACE District (Morris, Sussex and Warren) Assemblyman BOB ANDRZEJCZAK District (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland) Assemblyman ANTHONY M. BUCCO District (Morris and Somerset) Co-Sponsored by: Assemblymen DiMaio and Wirths SYNOPSIS Reduces residency requirement for resident hunting licenses from six months to 0 days. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT As introduced. (Sponsorship Updated As Of: //0)

2 AN ACT concerning resident hunting licenses and amending R.S.:-. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:. R.S.:- is amended to read as follows: :-. The licenses issued under this article shall include, among others authorized by law, the following: a. A license issued to a person above years of age, or in the case of an apprentice firearm hunting license or an apprentice bow and arrow license, a license issued to a person above years of age, who has an actual and bona fide domicile in this State at the time of the application for the license and who has had an actual and bona fide domicile in this State for at least [six months] 0 days immediately prior thereto, provided that for a resident's trapping license the person shall be above years of age. These licenses shall be designated as the resident's firearm hunting license, the resident's bow and arrow license, the resident's trapping license, the resident's fishing license, the resident's apprentice firearm hunting license, and the resident's apprentice bow and arrow license. () (a) The resident's firearm hunting license shall authorize its holder to hunt with hounds and firearms only, and a fee of $.0 and an issuance fee of $.00 shall be charged therefor, except that a person above the age of years shall be charged a fee of $.0 and an issuance fee of $.00. (b) The resident's apprentice firearm hunting license shall authorize its holder to hunt only with hounds and firearms and only when accompanied by a holder, above years of age, of a regular resident's or nonresident's firearm hunting license. A fee of $.0 and an issuance fee of $.00 shall be charged for a resident's apprentice firearm hunting license, except that a person above the age of years shall be charged a fee of $.0 and an issuance fee of $.00. The resident's apprentice firearm hunting license may be issued to a person only twice during the lifetime of the person. () (a) The resident's bow and arrow license shall authorize its holder to hunt with bow and arrow only, and a fee of $0.0 and an issuance fee of $.00 shall be charged therefor, except that a person above the age of years shall be charged a fee of $.0 and an issuance fee of $.00. (b) The resident's apprentice bow and arrow license shall authorize its holder to hunt only with bow and arrow and only when accompanied by a holder, above years of age, of a regular resident's or nonresident's bow and arrow license. A fee of $0.0 EXPLANATION Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted in the law. Matter underlined thus is new matter.

3 and an issuance fee of $.00 shall be charged for a resident's apprentice bow and arrow license, except that a person above the age of years shall be charged a fee of $.0 and an issuance fee of $.00. The resident's apprentice bow and arrow license may be issued to a person only twice during the lifetime of the person. () The resident's trapping license shall authorize its holder to trap only, and a fee of $.0 and an issuance fee of $.00 shall be charged therefor, except that a person above years and under years of age shall be charged no fee. () The resident's fishing license shall authorize its holder to fish only, and a fee of $.0 and an issuance fee of $.00 shall be charged therefor, except (a) in any case where the applicant is above 0 years of age and is otherwise qualified, no license shall be required, (b) a person above years and under 0 years of age shall be charged a fee of $.0 and an issuance fee of $.00, and (c) as otherwise provided in paragraph () of this subsection, paragraph () of subsection c. of this section, or paragraph () of subsection d. of section of P.L., c.0 (C.:-.). () The resident's fishing buddy license shall authorize its holder to fish only, and can only be obtained through application at the same time with: (a) another resident of this State who applies for a resident's fishing license, is above years of age and below years of age, and has not bought a resident's fishing license after 00, or (b) a nonresident who applies for a nonresident's annual fishing license, is above years of age, and has not bought a nonresident's annual fishing license after 00. The fee for a resident's fishing buddy license and for a resident's fishing license issued pursuant to this paragraph shall each be $0. and an issuance fee of $.00. The fee for a nonresident's annual fishing license issued pursuant to this paragraph shall be $.0 and an issuance fee of $.00. () Any resident of this State who is totally blind, upon application to the division, shall be entitled to a resident's fishing license without fee or charge. b. A license issued to a person above years of age, or in the case of an apprentice firearm hunting license or an apprentice bow and arrow license, a license issued to a person above years of age, not entitled to a resident's license, authorizing the person to trap or to hunt, as applicable, except that a nonresident's two-day small game firearm hunting license shall not permit the taking, hunting, or killing of deer or turkey. These licenses shall be designated as the nonresident's firearm hunting license, the nonresident's apprentice firearm hunting license, the nonresident's bow and arrow license, the nonresident's apprentice bow and arrow license, the nonresident's trapping license, and the nonresident's two-day small game firearm hunting license. A nonresident's apprentice firearm hunting license shall authorize its holder to hunt only with hounds and firearms and only

4 when accompanied by a holder, above years of age, of a regular resident's or nonresident's firearm hunting license. A nonresident's apprentice bow and arrow license shall authorize its holder to hunt with bow and arrow only and only when accompanied by a holder, above years of age, of a regular resident's or nonresident's bow and arrow license. The nonresident's apprentice firearm hunting license and the nonresident's apprentice bow and arrow license may each be issued to a person only twice during the lifetime of the person. () The fees for the nonresident's firearm hunting license, the nonresident's apprentice firearm hunting license, the nonresident's bow and arrow license, and the nonresident's apprentice bow and arrow license shall each be $.0 and an issuance fee of $.00. () The fee for the nonresident's trapping license shall be $.0 and an issuance fee of $.00. () The fee for a nonresident's two-day small game firearm hunting license shall be $.0 and an issuance fee of $.00. c. A license issued to a person above years of age not entitled to a resident's license, authorizing the person to fish only. These licenses shall be designated as the nonresident's annual fishing license, the nonresident's annual fishing buddy license, the nonresident's two-day fishing license, valid for a period of two consecutive days, and the nonresident's seven-day vacation fishing license, valid for a period of seven consecutive days. The nonresident's annual fishing buddy license can only be obtained through application at the same time with: a resident of this State who applies for a resident's fishing license, is above years of age and below years of age, and has not bought a resident's fishing license after 00; or a nonresident who applies for a nonresident's annual fishing license, is above years of age, and has not bought a nonresident's annual fishing license after 00. () The fee for the nonresident's annual fishing license shall be $.00 and an issuance fee of $.00, except as otherwise provided pursuant to paragraph () of this subsection, paragraph () of subsection a. of this section, or paragraph () of subsection d. of section of P.L., c.0 (C.:-.). () The fee for a nonresident's annual fishing buddy license shall be $.0 and an issuance fee of $.00. The fee for a resident's fishing license obtained through application at the same time with an application for a nonresident's annual fishing buddy license in accordance with this subsection shall be $0. and an issuance fee of $.00, and the fee for a nonresident's annual fishing license obtained through application at the same time with an application for a nonresident's annual fishing buddy license in accordance with this subsection shall be $.0 and an issuance fee of $.00. () The fee for the nonresident's two-day fishing license shall be $.00 and an issuance fee of $.00.

5 0 0 () The fee for the nonresident's seven-day fishing license shall be $.0 and an issuance fee of $.00. d. Every license issued hereunder shall be void after December next succeeding its issuance, except the one-day hunting license, which shall expire on the date of issuance; the nonresident's sevenday fishing license, which is valid only for seven consecutive days after date of issuance; the nonresident's two-day fishing license, which shall expire on the day after the date of issuance; and the nonresident's two-day small game firearm hunting license, which shall expire on the day after the date of issuance. Any license issued hereunder to a person under years of age shall be void after December of the year in which the licensee becomes years of age. e. The fees for licenses set forth in this section may be adjusted by the Fish and Game Council pursuant to section of P.L., c.0 (C.:-a). (cf: P.L.0, c., s.). This act shall take effect immediately. STATEMENT This bill would reduce the residency requirement for a resident hunting license. Under current law, in order to obtain a resident s hunting license, a person must have an actual and bona fide domicile in the State for at least six months. This bill would reduce the required time to 0 days.